#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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29 participants (297 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read the vast canon of Black Literature  by Black Authors from A to Z.   No requirement to go in alphabetical order from A to Z, but to read all year and document the journey as you go.  

The letter can be the book title or the authors first or last name (I.e., The Street by Ann Petry could be, "A", "P" or "S").  Read intentionally while enjoying the experience of Black Literature.  

Share your books and progress here on Story Graph and use the hashtag on bookstagram. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Red Clay by Charles B Fancher

Red Clay

Charles B Fancher

373 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction historical challenging dark reflective fast-paced
One in a Million by Beverley Kendall

Token #2

One in a Million

Beverley Kendall

304 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Someone Like Us: A novel by Dinaw Mengestu

Someone Like Us: A novel

Dinaw Mengestu

8h 10m • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary race medium-paced
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

Kwame Alexander

426 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies by Barbara A. Pierce

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and Their Legac

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies

Barbara A. Pierce

missing page info • 5 editions

user-added

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history medium-paced
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

368 pages • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Arella, My Umbrella by Evonne Jordan Mitchell

Arella, My Umbrella

Evonne Jordan Mitchell

30 pages • 1 edition

user-added

fiction childrens young adult
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Bloodmarked

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • 2022 • 58 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
I'm pregnant…what you telling me for by Yona Pearson

I'm pregnant…what you telling me for

Yona Pearson

184 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

user-added

fiction contemporary
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

5h 32m • 2020 • 31 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced